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| THe house is what type of institution? |
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| The Senate is what type of institution? |
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| Who broke minority's ability to stop legislation in the House in 1980 |
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| Speaker Thoma "Czar" Reed (R-ME) |
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| House rules that facilitate majority that are still in effect today |
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| The only House leader mentioned in the Constitution |
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Can preside over House
Adminster oath of office
set legislative agenda
Control scheduling on the floor
refer legislation to committees
Chair party committee assignment committees |
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Gingrich
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O'neil |
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| Current Speaker of the House |
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| FIrst Majority leader and longest serving |
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| How is the Speaker elected? |
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| How are the rest of the House leadership voted upon? |
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| secret ballot of party caucus |
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| Basic Duties of House Majority Leader |
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Plan weekly agenda
gauge sentiment
advance party goals
watch what goes on floor |
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| Who is the CUrrent Majority Leader |
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| Who is the most powerful person in the Minority party currently? |
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| Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) |
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| Basic Duties of Minority Leader |
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Maintain party unity
formulate strategy of opposition
formulate electoral strategy |
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| Who was the first party whip? |
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| Basic Duties of the Whips? |
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Encourage discipline
Keep track of members on critical votes
count votes |
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| Who is the Majority Whip? |
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| Who is the Minority Whip? |
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| Who is Assisstant House Minority Leader? |
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| Key aspects of the Senate |
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more compromise
more moderate
more individualistic |
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| WHo is the current President of the Senate? |
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| WHich Modern day VP tried to actually preside over Senate hearings and was eventually asked to leave. |
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| WHo do VP administer oath of office to? |
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| Cabinet members and Senators |
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| Who is prescribed to preside over the Senate in ARticle I section iii if the Vp is not there? |
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| THe President Pro Tempore |
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| How does one become the President Pro Tempore? |
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| Sen. with continuous longest service in the Majority party. |
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| Who is the current President Pro Tempore? |
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| Who is the most powerful leader in the Senate |
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| The Senate Majority Leader |
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| WHo is the Current Senate Majority leader? |
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| As compared to the House Minority Leader, DOes the Senate Minority leader have more or less power? |
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| WHo is the current Ranking Republican |
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| What does the current minority party refer to their leader as? |
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| WHo was the first Whip in the Senate? |
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| Whips are also known as ... |
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| WHo was the longest serving whip in the Senate? |
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| WHo is the Majority Whip in the Senate |
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| Who is the current minority whip in the Senate? |
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| What is party strength comprised of? |
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| extent to which the party members vote with their party |
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| Tangible awards in Congress |
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committee assignment
appointment to commissions
Approve international travel plans
allocation of party funds |
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| How many parties are there in Congress? |
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| What are the 4 party conferences? |
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Senate Rep. COnference
Senate Dem. Conference
House Rep. COnference
House Dem. Caucus |
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| These groups have a more narrow focus than party or committee and vary on a evocation for general policies or single based issues |
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| What percentage of legislation make is through committees? |
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| WHat was the first permanent committee (House) |
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| Committee on elections 1789 |
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| How many standing committees does the Senate have? |
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| How many special committees does the Senate have |
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| How many subcommittees fdoes the Senate have |
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| How many standing committees does the House have? |
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| How many special committees does the House have |
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| How many subcommittees does the House have? |
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| chairman and ranking minority member |
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| Distributional Hypothesis |
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| Committees give lawmakers policy influence in areas critical to their reelection |
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| Committees create a division of labor which legislators better handle their job |
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| Committee members are agents of their party caucus |
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| What Speaker was stripped of major power in 1903? |
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| What rule was added in 1910 that could bring a bill out of COmmittee |
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| What rules expanded rules committee, and could not appoint committee chairstripped speaker of major power such as being head of rules committee, |
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| WHo usually chairs a committee |
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| senior most member of the majority party |
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| What are the two roles of committees? |
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| What is the legislation role of committee |
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| THere are committee hearings followed by mark-up sessions and voting |
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| WHat is a committees role as oversight? |
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| Investigating other branches, as well as private industries. WIthout this power, they could not pursue legislative functions. |
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| How many committee hearings relate to oversight |
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| McGrain v Daugherty (1927) |
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| THe Supreme court firmly established a comprehensive reading of congressional investigative power. They can force someone to testify. |
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| relatively permanent created by House or Senate rules. They process bulk of legislation |
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| WHat are the two types of standing committees? |
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Authorizing
Appropriations |
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| WHat are authorizing committees? |
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| THese are policy making committees such as Agriculture and Banking |
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| What are appropriations committees? |
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| Recommend how much money agencies and programs should receive |
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| How are committee sizes and ratios decided in the Senate? |
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| Negotiations between the Sen. Maj leader and Min leader |
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| How are committees sizes and ratios decided in the House |
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| THe majority party alone sets the numbers and ratios |
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| Subcommittees flourished after what act? |
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| The legislative reorganization act of 1946 |
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| perform much of the day-today lawmaking and oversight work of congress for their parent committee |
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| How many Subcommittees are there in the House and Senate |
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| Can senators chair more than one subcommittee? |
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| How many subcommittee can a committee have in the House |
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| Only 2 committees and four sub committees |
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| Are there limits on the number of committees in the Senate |
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| Select Committees do not have power to... |
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| write, receive, and report legislation |
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| WHy and Ad hoc committee? |
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accomadate concerns of individual members
Supplement standing committees
Coordinate consideration of issues that overlap |
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| WHat original select committee was made a permanent committee in the House in the 109th Congress |
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| COmmittee on Homeland Security |
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nominated by speaker or ranking member in the Senate
Economic
Library
Taxation
Printing |
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| This important joint committee reconciles difference between House and Senate legislation to be voted on and if passed sent to the President. |
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| Prestigous Committees in the House |
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Ways and Means
Appropriation
Armed Services
COmmerce
Budget
Rules |
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| What committee should be avoided at all costs |
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| WHen is it easiest for a freshman to get a seat on a good committee |
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| WHen there are many incoming Freshman |
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| What case in 1997 showcased the power of the committee chair |
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| Who helps committees work on policy, and research? |
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| How much committee staff does the minority party get in the house? IN the Senate? |
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1/3
proportional to their representation on the committee |
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